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3^rd Glycobiology World Congress, will be organized around the theme “Glycobiology: Simple construction of sweet glycoprobes”

Glycobiology 2017 is comprised of 16 tracks and 109 sessions designed to offer comprehensive sessions that address current issues in Glycobiology 2017.

Submit your abstract to any of the mentioned tracks. All related abstracts are accepted.

Track 1:Mass Spectrometry in Proteome Research

Mass spectrometry (MS) - based proteomics allows the sensitive and accurate quantification of almost complete proteomes of complex biological fluids and tissues. At the moment, however, the routinely usage of MS-based proteomics is prevented and complicated by the very complex work flow comprising sample preparation, chromatography, MS measurement followed by data processing and evaluation. The new technologies, products and assays developed by Precision Proteomics could help enabling and establishing mass spectrometry (MS) - based proteomics in academic and pharmaceutical research as well as in clinical diagnostics.

Track 1-1Mass spectrometry based proteomics
Track 1-2Protein identification and validation
Track 1-3Clinical application of mass spectrometry
Track 1-4Protein ligand interactions
Track 1-5NMR spectroscopy in medicine
Track 1-6Mass spectrometry in drug discovery
Track 1-7Protein-protein interactions

Track 2:Glycobiology

Glycobiology is the study of the structure, biosynthesis and biology of saccharides that are widely distributed in nature. Sugars or saccharides are essential components of all living things and aspects of the various roles they play in biology and are researched in various medical, biochemical and biotechnological fields. The study of glycan structures is also complicated by the lack of a direct template for their biosynthesis, contrary to the case with proteins where their amino acid sequence is determined by their corresponding gene.

Track 2-1Structural glycobiology
Track 2-2Microbial glycobiology
Track 2-3Cellular glycobiology
Track 2-4Systems glycobiology
Track 2-5Molecular glycobiology

Track 3:Genomics and Computational Systems Biology

Genomics is the study of the genome in contrast to genetics which refers to the study of genes and their roles in inheritance. Genomics can be considered a discipline in genetics. It applies recombinant DNA, DNA sequencing methods and bioinformatics tools to sequence, assemble and analyze the function and structure of genomes with the complete set of DNA within a single cell of an organism. Advances in genomics have triggered a revolution in discovery-based research to understand even the most complex biological systems such as the brain. The field includes efforts to determine the entire DNA sequence of organisms and fine-scale genetic mapping.

Track 3-1Structural genomics
Track 3-2Functional genomics
Track 3-3Metagenomics
Track 3-4Epigenomics
Track 3-5Genomic medicine
Track 3-6Genome analysis

Track 4:Glycobiochemistry

Track 4-1Oligosaccharide synthesis
Track 4-2Glycosyltransferases
Track 4-3Host-pathogen interactions
Track 4-4Carbohydrate Sythesis

Track 5:Glycans in Drug Design

Glycans are components of many bio-therapeutic agents, ranging from natural products to molecules based on rational design to recombinant glycoproteins. The glycan components of these agents can be important determinants of their biological activity and therapeutic efficacy. Biochemistry and Glycobiology involves a multidisciplinary study of carbohydrate-binding proteins (lectins), glycolipids and some other plant proteins that are capable of interacting with endogenous or foreign (macro) molecules. The emphasis of the research is on protein-carbohydrate interaction and their involvement in signalling processes in plants or in plant protection. Based on the generated fundamental knowledge novel strategies are being developed to protect crop plants against pests and diseases.

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7^th International Conference on Bioinformatics, October 24-26, 2016 Rome, Italy; International Conference on Structural Biology, August 22-23, 2016 New Orleans, USA; International Conference on Glycomics, December 01-02, 2016 Atlanta, Georgia, USA; International Conference on Nucleic Acids, August 04-05, 2016 New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; 2^nd International Conference on Transcriptomics, September 12-14, 2016 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; International Conference on Obesity & Chronic Diseases, July 25-27, 2016 Las Vegas USA; International Conference on New Therapeutics for Diabetes and Obesity, April 17-20, 2016 La Jolla, USA; Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, January 10-16, 2016 Tucson, USA; Euro Fed Lipid Congress, September 18-21, 2016 Gent, Belgium; Conference on Obesity and Adipose Tissue Biology, February 15-19, 2016 Banff, Canada; Society for Glycobiology, November 19-22, 2016 New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB), April 02-06, 2016 San Diego, USA; Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB), June 12-17, 2016 Florida, USA

Track 5-1Drug interaction in cellular networking
Track 5-2Proteome mapping
Track 5-3Biomarkers in drug design
Track 5-4Proteinâ€“ligand and proteinâ€“protein interactions
Track 5-5Screening and drug design
Track 5-6Drug delivery using Nanotechnology

Track 6:Glyco Proteomics

Glycobiology along with the field of proteomics, particularly the application of mass spectrometry analysis to protein samples, is well-established and growing rapidly. Proteomics studies along with glycans generate large volumes of raw experimental data and inferred biological results. To facilitate the dissemination of these data, centralized data repositories have been developed that make the data and results accessible to proteomics researchers and biologists alike. Experimental analysis of proteomics data repositories focuses exclusively on freely-available, centralized data resources that disseminate or store experimental mass spectrometry data and results.

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Track 6-1Glycosaminoglycans
Track 6-2Protein glycosylation
Track 6-3Imaging mass spectrometry
Track 6-4Protein profiling
Track 6-5Functional proteomics
Track 6-6Data mining and data analysis

Track 7:Glyco Bioinformatics

Glycobiology and Glycochemistry are the two main intertwined areas of Glycosciences, dealing with various aspects of glycans, including carbohydrate structure, biochemistry, biological functions and applications. This is necessary in order to sustain and advance the identification of key glycobiological aspects and the application of glycans and glycoengineering strategies in the design of novel therapies to improve human health. The glycans (carbohydrates) form a diverse group of biomolecules which play active parts in most physiological processes. The field of structural glycobiology concerns the structures of the glycans themselves, the proteins which interact with them and the nature of the interactions between the two. Drug targeting is important for our understanding of human health and disease, and for development of new therapeutic strategies.

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Track 7-1Gene expression profiling
Track 7-2Computer aided drug designing
Track 7-3Bioinformatics tools for protein analysis
Track 7-4Structure based drug designing
Track 7-5Insilco drug designing
Track 7-6Microarray gene expression
Track 7-7Applications of genomics and bioinformatics

Track 8:Glyco Immunology

Glycomics the scientific attempt to characterize and study carbohydrates, is a rapidly emerging branch of science, for which informatics is just beginning. Glycomics requires sophisticated algorithmic approaches. Several algorithms and models have been developed for glycobiology research in the past several years. The development and use of informatics tools and databases for glycobiology and glycomics research has increased considerably in recent years. However, the general development in this field can still be considered as being in its infancy when compared to the genomics and proteomics areas. In terms of bioinformatics in glycobiology, there are several paths of research that are currently in progress. The development of algorithms and software tools for interpretation of glycans to reliably support the characterization of glycan structures for high-throughput applications is the most immediate demand of the glycomics community.

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Track 8-1Impact of glycans on antigen-antibody interactions
Track 8-2Carbohydrate aromatic interactions
Track 8-3Glycoengineering of immunogens
Track 8-4Glycoconjugate vaccines
Track 8-5Glycan immunotherapies
Track 8-6Glycan sensing

Track 9:Glyco Biomarkers

Glycans can mediate a wide variety of biological roles by virtue of their mass, shape, charge, or other physical properties. However, many of their more specific biological roles are mediated via recognition by GBPs. Nature appears to have taken full advantage of the vast diversity of glycans expressed in organisms by evolving protein modules to recognize discrete glycans that mediate specific physiological or pathological processes. Excluding glycan-specific antibodies, GBPs broadly into two major groups such as lectins and glycosaminoglycan-binding proteins. Most lectins are members of families with defined “carbohydrate-recognition domains” (CRDs) that apparently evolved from shared ancestral genes, often retaining specific features of primary amino acid sequence or three-dimensional structure. Thus, new family members can be identified by searching protein sequence or structural databases. The natural ligands for most lectins are typically complex glycoconjugates that carry clustered arrays of the cognate carbohydrate or unique glycan structures, thus cooperating with clustered lectin-binding sites to generate high-avidity binding, which is further enhanced by mass transport effects (high local concentrations of ligands).

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Track 9-1Glycosylation in therapeutics
Track 9-2Glycans in neuroscience
Track 9-3Vaccine development
Track 9-4Glyco medicine
Track 9-5Glyco lipid profiling
Track 9-6Glycan sensing

Track 10:Glycoprotein Technologies

Glycans quickly became overshadowed as DNA- and protein-focused treatments became readily accessible. The recent development of new tools and techniques to study and produce structurally defined carbohydrates has spurred renewed interest in the therapeutic applications of glycans. Glycan Analysis review focuses on advances within the past decade that are bringing glycan-based treatments back to the forefront of medicine and the technologies that are driving these efforts. These include the use of glycans themselves as therapeutic molecules as well as engineering protein and cell surface glycans to suit clinical applications to that of databases providing glycoenzyme data. Glycoconjugates offer a rich and promising frontier for developments in the academic, biopharmaceutical, and medical fields.

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Track 10-1Sequencing technologies
Track 10-2Clinical applications of NGS
Track 10-3Integration of technologies and data sets
Track 10-4Glycan techniques
Track 10-5Gene expression pattern
Track 10-6Gene synthesis and its applications

Track 11:Glycomics and Metabolomics

Genomics is a discipline in genetics that applies recombinant DNA, DNA sequencing methods and bioinformatics to sequence, assemble and analyze the function and structure of glycans along with the genomes. Metabolomics is a relatively young branch of omics science concerned with the systematic study of the chemical products or metabolites that cells and organisms generate. Indeed, most human metabolomic studies published today, even those exploiting the latest and most sensitive LC-MS/MS technologies, typically succeed in identifying or characterizing fewer than 100 compounds. This corresponds to less than 1% of the known human metabolome. In an effort to help improve this situation, we (and others) have started to undertake the systematic characterization of various human biofluid metabolomes. This includes the human cerebrospinal fluid metabolome the human saliva metabolome and the human serum metabolome.

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Track 11-1Genome analysis
Track 11-2Genomic sequencing
Track 11-3Structural genomics
Track 11-4Metabolomic profiling
Track 11-5Metabolomic analysis
Track 11-6Metabolomic database

Track 12:Glycobiology and Biotechnology

As with other major classes of macromolecules, the biological roles of glycans span the spectrum from those that appear to be relatively subtle, to those that are crucial for the development, growth, functioning, or survival of the organism that synthesizes them. The biological roles of glycans can be divided into two broad categories: (1) the structural and modulatory properties of glycans and (2) the specific recognition of glycans by other molecules most commonly, glycan-binding proteins (GBPs). The biological consequences of altering glycosylation in various systems seem to be highly variable and unpredictable. A given glycan can have different roles in different tissues or at different times in development (organism-intrinsic functions) or in different environmental contexts (organism-extrinsic functions). Approaches taken to understand the biological roles of glycans include the prevention of initial glycosylation, prevention of glycan chain elongation, alteration of glycan processing, enzymatic or chemical glycosylation of completed chains, genetic elimination of glycosylation sites, and the study of naturally occurring genetic variants and mutants in glycosylation. Glycosylation mainly refers in particular to the enzymatic process that attaches glycans to proteins, lipids, or other organic molecules. This enzymatic process produces one of the fundamental biopolymers found in cells (along with DNA, RNA, and proteins).

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Track 12-1Glyconutrients
Track 12-2Microbial glycobiology
Track 12-3Structural analysis of glyco-lipids
Track 12-4Glycoproteomics
Track 12-5Glycosylation disorders
Track 12-6 Glycoprotein modelling
Track 12-7Proteoglycan signaling
Track 12-8Vaccine development
Track 12-9Plant biotechnology
Track 12-10Glycosylation synthesis of plant proteins

Track 13:Glycans in Diseases and Therapeutics

Glycans are saccharides that can be attached to a wide variety of biological molecules through an enzymatic process called glycosylation to augment their function. One of the four fundamental building blocks of life, proteins, carbohydrates (glycans), lipids and nucleic acids, glycans have received the least attention from researchers. Glycans are the predominant molecule on the cell surface and serve as the first point of contact between a cell and other cells, the extracellular matrix and pathogens. The heightened evolutionary pressure of being at the front lines of cellular collaboration and conflict most likely led to the diversification of glycans. Glyco-epitope diversity enhances the role of glycans in the group of debilitating and life-shortening disorders known as congenital muscular dystrophy, or CMD. Glycosylation is a critical function of the biosynthetic-secretory pathway in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and Golgi apparatus. Glycosylation increases the diversity of the proteome to a level unmatched by any other post-translational modification. Glycosidases catalyze the hydrolysis of glycosidic bonds to remove sugars from proteins.

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Track 13-1Glycomedicine
Track 13-2Transfusion medicine
Track 13-3Cancer associated coagulopathies
Track 13-4Hepato cellular glycosylation
Track 13-5Cancer biomarkers
Track 13-6Cardiovascular diseases
Track 13-7Cancer therapeutics
Track 13-8Congenital disorders of glycosylation (CDG)

Track 14:Glycobiology and Structural Biology

Glycobiology and Structural biology seeks to provide a complete and coherent picture of biological phenomena with glycans at the molecular and atomic level. The goals of structural biology include developing a comprehensive understanding of the molecular shapes and forms embraced by biological macromolecules and extending this knowledge to understand how different molecular architectures are used to perform the chemical reactions that are central to life. Most recent topics related to structural biology are: Structural Biochemistry, Structure and Function Determination, Glycolipids, Hybrid Approaches for Structure Prediction, Structural Biology in Cancer Research, Computational Approaches in Structural Biology, Structural Biology Databases.

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Track 14-1Structural glycobiology
Track 14-2Structural biochemistry
Track 14-3Microbial glycobiology
Track 14-4Molecular glycobiology
Track 14-5Cellular glycobiology
Track 14-6Plant glycobiology
Track 14-7Structural biology In cancer research
Track 14-8Computational approaches in structural biology
Track 14-9Strucutural biology databases
Track 14-10Recent advances in structural biology

Track 15:Glycans in Genetic Disorders

Carbohydrates were prominent in the early history of immunology in defining the identity of antigens recognized by antibodies. In addition, the ability of antibodies to specifically recognize glycans was exploited in studies defining the size of the antigen-binding site. Nevertheless, for many decades following these early discoveries the broader potential importance of carbohydrates in both innate and adaptive immune responses was largely overlooked. However, times are changing and glycobiologists and immunologists are now collaborating extensively to explore this very fertile area of immunobiology. Numerous carbohydrate-binding proteins, or lectins, have been identified on the surfaces of immune cells. Interactions of lectins with glycans usually require several monosaccharide moieties presented in the correct conformation for high-affinity binding. Modification of proteins and lipids by glycosylation is a highly regulated process resulting in a diverse repertoire of glycan structures.

Glycans are at the center of many disorders and diseases sparking the possibility of exploiting them for therapeutic and diagnostic purposes. There are many biochemical pathways and diseases in which glycans are intricately involved. Gaging the vast potential and the promise that glycobiology holds, many pharma and biotech companies have already started allocating their R&D budget to it. Presently, with our drug arsenal fast depleting against drug resistant and mutant pathogens, glycobiology hold an untapped source of new candidate drugs.

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Track 15-1Translational diagnostics
Track 15-2Tools and technologies for single cell analysis
Track 15-3The impact of genomic variation in clinical developmeni
Track 15-4Application and related disorders
Track 15-5Biochemical diagnostics

Track 16:Glycobiology in Personalized Medicine

The human gut hosts trillions of bacteria that directly influence human health. The majority of gut microbiota play an important role in nutrition by metabolizing host-indigestible complex glycans into short-chain fatty acids. Growth of the mesh-like peptidoglycan (PG) sacculus located between the bacterial inner and outer membranes (OM) is tightly regulated to ensure cellular integrity, maintain cell shape, and orchestrate division. Cytoskeletal elements direct placement and activity of PG synthases from inside the cell, but precise spatiotemporal control over this process is poorly understood. Glycan catabolism contains metabolic pathway maps for glycans. Some of them contain an alternative representation of glycan biosynthesis or degradation, called the glycan structure map.

Asparagine (N)-linked protein glycosylation is a ubiquitous co- and post-translational modification which can alter the biological function of proteins and consequently affects the development, growth, and physiology of organisms. In mammals, complex N-glycans are involved in different cellular processes including molecular recognition and signalling events.

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Track 16-1Molecular biological profiling
Track 16-2Biomarker analytics for translational research
Track 16-3Advanced biomarkers for personalized medicine
Track 16-4Precision medicine for mental disorders
Track 16-5Clinical applications of personalized medicine
Track 16-6Pharmacoglycomics and precision medicine

3^rd Glycobiology World Congress June 26-28, 2017 London, UK

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